BIG NAMES IN BUSINESS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 8/24/2003. By Patrick Berry.

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Across Answers

1 Across: It's held during an opening (4): KNOB
5 Across: Family sitcom role (3): DAD
8 Across: Tooth care grp. (3): ADA
11 Across: Chariot rider of myth (3): EOS
14 Across: Test section (4): MATH
18 Across: Popping up all over (4): RIFE
19 Across: Past (3): AGO
20 Across: Stocking material (7): FISHNET
22 Across: Western New York county (4): ERIE
23 Across: Part of a neuron (4): AXON
24 Across: Travel service started by a Spanish-born actress? (16): PENELOPECRUZLINE
27 Across: Hard drive item (4): FILE
28 Across: Ritz shelfmate (4): HIHO
29 Across: Wistful comment, after "a" (4): PITY
30 Across: Little contraption (6): DOODAD
31 Across: Studio started by a TV actor? (18): TEDDANSONSTRUCTION
35 Across: "What's ___ for me?" (4): INIT
36 Across: Villain in "David Copperfield" (4): HEEP
37 Across: "Stand" band (3): REM
38 Across: Five or ten gallons' worth (3): KEG
41 Across: Small flowering tree (6): ACACIA
44 Across: Gelatin substitute (4): AGAR
46 Across: Astronomer who discovered Uranus (8): HERSCHEL
48 Across: Little piggies (5): RUNTS
49 Across: "Te ___" (hymn) (4): DEUM
50 Across: Mating game (5): CHESS
52 Across: It has curved arms (4): LYRE
53 Across: Fancy grocery started by a nightclub singer? (15): EYDIEGORMEFOODS
56 Across: Meir's successor (5): RABIN
57 Across: I.R.S. deadline mo. (3): APR
58 Across: Cat call (4): MEOW
59 Across: Disney's "___ & Stitch" (4): LILO
60 Across: Heavy drapery fabric (6): MOREEN
61 Across: Transportation agency started by a fashion designer? (17): OSCARDELARENTACAR
66 Across: Subordinate (6): MINION
68 Across: Noisome smell (4): REEK
69 Across: "Gangs of New York" actress (4): DIAZ
70 Across: Army E-3 (3): PFC
73 Across: Passing with ease (5): ACING
74 Across: Orphanage started by an Oscar-winning actress? (15): JODIEFOSTERCARE
78 Across: Win margin (4): NECK
79 Across: "The Metamorphosis" character Gregor ___ (5): SAMSA
80 Across: Guitar forerunner (4): LUTE
81 Across: Collectible plate holder (5): EASEL
82 Across: Gen. Garibaldi (8): GIUSEPPE
84 Across: Parts of un livre (4): MOTS
85 Across: Curtain froufrou (6): TASSEL
86 Across: Roll-___ (3): ONS
87 Across: ___ culpa (3): MEA
88 Across: Meister ___ (beer brand) (4): BRAU
90 Across: Sets (on) (4): SICS
91 Across: Plant nursery started by a football Hall-of-Famer? (18): MEANJOEGREENEHOUSE
98 Across: Tintoretto's "The Miracle of ___ Freeing the Slave" (6): STMARK
101 Across: Didn't have enough (4): OWED
102 Across: "Zounds!" (4): EGAD
103 Across: Orsk's river (4): URAL
104 Across: Pastry shop started by a televangelist? (16): TAMMYFAYEBAKKERY
107 Across: Lean (4): LIST
108 Across: "One-touch" sport (4): EPEE
109 Across: Treaded sneaker part (7): OUTSOLE
110 Across: Make sure (3): SEE
111 Across: Sound effect (4): ECHO
112 Across: It underwent the Enlightenment, with "the" (4): WEST
113 Across: "Cimarron" studio (3): RKO
114 Across: Starr of song (3): KAY
115 Across: Stadium stirrers, for short (3): TDS
116 Across: Comparative word (4): THAN

Down Answers

1 Down: Old "Television Theatre" sponsor (5): KRAFT
2 Down: Water sprite (5): NIXIE
3 Down: Gone by (5): OFOLD
4 Down: Pope during the siege of Rome by Lombards (9): BENEDICTI
5 Down: Genus of crustaceans named for a classical nymph (7): DAPHNIA
6 Down: One without proper respect for elders (6): AGEIST
7 Down: "Tiny Bubbles" singer (5): DONHO
8 Down: Samuel Gompers's org. (3): AFL
9 Down: Unit of refractive power of a lens (7): DIOPTER
10 Down: Aim (6): ASPIRE
11 Down: Multivolume ref. (5): ENCYC
12 Down: Poetic preposition (3): OER
13 Down: Diligent pupils (8): STUDIERS
14 Down: It might get a thumping (5): MELON
15 Down: Dry (4): ARID
16 Down: Media honcho Brown (4): TINA
17 Down: Follow (4): HEED
21 Down: In a flutter (5): HETUP
25 Down: Long time (3): EON
26 Down: Speeds (5): ZOOMS
32 Down: Liqueur flavoring (5): ANISE
33 Down: It causes redness (5): SHAME
34 Down: Lock (5): TRESS
38 Down: Mountainous route once used by Alexander the Great (10): KHYBERPASS
39 Down: Unnatural (5): EERIE
40 Down: Close on stage (5): GLENN
41 Down: Neighborhood (4): AREA
42 Down: Dutch landscapist Aelbert ___ (4): CUYP
43 Down: Name in a Shakespeare title (10): ANDRONICUS
44 Down: British landing field (9): AERODROME
45 Down: Plants known as "sticky-heads" (8): GUMWEEDS
46 Down: Good-time Charlies (9): HEDONISTS
47 Down: Santa ___ (5): CLARA
49 Down: Active sort (4): DOER
50 Down: Fiber made from coconuts (4): COIR
51 Down: Putted successfully (8): HOLEDOUT
54 Down: Gangster follower (4): GMAN
55 Down: Come off, as paint (5): FLAKE
56 Down: Big bird (3): ROC
60 Down: Windy locale? (4): MAZE
62 Down: Goes kaput (5): SINKS
63 Down: Minor functionary (3): COG
64 Down: Sci-fi princess (4): LEIA
65 Down: "Soap" family name (4): TATE
66 Down: Tropical fruit (5): MANGO
67 Down: Isolate, possibly (5): ICEIN
71 Down: Remove from isolation (4): FREE
72 Down: Modern phone (4): CELL
74 Down: Black varnish (5): JAPAN
75 Down: Fine meal (5): FLOUR
76 Down: Get to (5): REACH
77 Down: White-bean dish of France (9): CASSOULET
79 Down: Represent (8): SPEAKFOR
83 Down: It may be at your fingertips (5): EMERY
84 Down: Birthplace of a biblical Mary (7): MAGDALA
85 Down: Decorates 60's-style (7): TIEDYES
88 Down: Old radio's Major ___ (5): BOWES
89 Down: Nike competitor (6): REEBOK
90 Down: Got unexpectedly (6): SNARED
91 Down: "State and Main" director, 2000 (5): MAMET
92 Down: "___ the World" (5): JOYTO
93 Down: Mock-scared cry (3): EEK
94 Down: Discharge (5): EGEST
95 Down: Star of TV's "Vega$" (5): URICH
96 Down: Popular English doll (5): SASHA
97 Down: John knighted in 1998 (5): ELTON
98 Down: 77-Down, for one (4): STEW
99 Down: Race finish (4): TAPE
100 Down: "Dangerous Liaisons" ladies: Abbr. (4): MMES
105 Down: North Sea diver (3): AUK
106 Down: Essential (3): KEY

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